impetus

Example Sentences

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Any impetus won’t show until the latter part of the year, Lanxess said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Instead, “Undertone” is like getting to the climactic moment of your favorite horror podcast, only to have the terrifying impetus interrupted by a Squarespace ad.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

That is part of the impetus behind his new book, “The Last Kings of Hollywood: Coppola, Lucas, Spielberg—and the Battle for the Soul of American Cinema.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

George Munsey - so often the man to provide impetus at the top of the order for Scotland - struggled to find the middle of the bat as he made 27 from 29 balls.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

She shows her power where there is no well-ordered virtue to resist her, and therefore turns her impetus towards where she knows no dikes and dams have been constructed to hold her in.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli